"Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes" shows the revolutionary impact a group of dancers, composers, artists and choreographers made on classical dance at the start of the 20th century. The exhibit ...

The date was May 19, 1909, and it was just the beginning for the Ballets Russes, which had coalesced in Paris that year around Diaghilev. The centenary of the company, which would never perform in ...

An array of events are being presented in conjunction with the National Gallery of Art's ambitious "Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes, 1909–1929: When Art Danced With Music" exhibit, which ...

A new documentary tells the story of two rival ballet companies: the original Ballet Russe and the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. They were two of the most famous and influential ballet companies of ...

"Ballets Russes" is much more than a specialty item for dance aficionados. Dayna Goldfine and Dan Geller's expertly crafted, years-in-the-making docu takes viewers on an ebullient odyssey from ...

The manuscripts were all connected to the Ballets Russes, the revolutionary dance company founded by the impresario Sergei Diaghilev in Paris, in 1909. McClellan, an associate curator at the ...

His supremacy is at the heart of British dance critic Rupert Christiansen’s “Diaghilev’s Empire: How the Ballets Russes Enthralled the World.” Mr. Christiansen, in a preface, admits to ...

Les Ballets Russes, an itinerant ballet company established in Paris that was active between 1909 and 1929 also fits the label. Two exhibitions, “Crafting the Ballets Russes: The Robert Owen ...

Three companies, actually – the original Ballet Russe, built to exercise the talents of all the Russian refugees in Paris, went bust in 1929, when its founder, Diaghilev, died. It was ...